He strode away from the lectern on a path that would have sent him over a steep drop. Howard and others redirected the president to center stage, where there were steps leading down to the floor of the theater.

Gary Larson would have a great cartoon of this - it's unforgivable on the part of Howard and the others, though.

In best case scenario, George would have fallen off the platform and broken his neck, Cheney would have been so ectastic at finally having uncontested power that his evil little heart would have burst. Hello, Pres. Pelosi and a whiff of sanity at last.

Thanks a lot, John Howard. If Junior nukes Tehran, I hope you're haunted the rest of your life by your "good deed."